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April 30, 1929. 1. A. ROMMER DOLLS EYE Filed Sept. 10, 1927 INVENTOR JLW a M QWfl/ Vwnq ATTORNEY;

I Mull"! Patented Apr. 30, 1929.

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ISAAC A. Romans, orimooKLYN, NEW YORK; DORA ROMMER ADMINISTRATOR or SAID ISAAC A. ROMMER, nnonasnn. Y

DOLLS EYE.

Application filed September 10, 1927. Serial No. 218,653.

My invention relates to a new and improved eye for a doll.

One of the objects of my invention 18. to provide a removableand replaceable eye for a doll which shall be capable of movement in various directions and which shall be of simple, efilcientand economical construction.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide an eye for a doll which can be moved vertically so as to simulate a sleeping doll and which can also be rolled laterally, said eye having an eyelash connected thereto of simple and novel construction.

Other objects of my invention are, generally speaking, tosimplify the construction and assembly of an eye of the type above mentioned. The following description and drawings illustrate a preferred embodiment of my invention. 1

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a dolls head.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation.

Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation partially in section.

I Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 more of the parts of the device being shown insection.

Fig. 5 illustrates the efiect of the lateral rolling movement of the eye. 1

The dolls head 10 is providedwith the usual eyeball openings 35. 7 Each eyeball member 19 has a substantially rounded front providedwith vertical perforated lugs 20 and with lateral slotted lugs 21 and 23. Each lateral slotted lug 21 is provided with a radial slot 22 and the lateral lug23 corresponding thereto is provided with a radial slot 24. Likewise, the front spherical portion of each eyeball member 19 is provided with a front radial and laterally extending slot or recess 36 through which the eyelash portion 39 projects.

The adjacent lugs 23 of the eyeball members 19 are continued to form vertical arms so that one eyeball member can move to the. 7

'unison therewith.

, This construction is particularlyuseful in connection with dolls heads made of a'hide glue base mixed with other ingredients, be

cause such heads continuallyshrink.

The eyeball members 19 are held in place b means of V-shaped bearing members 18 and 18. The-bearing member 18 is provided with ends 13 and 17 which extend respectively into a suitable socket 11' formed in the left-hand temple portion of the dolls head 10, and into an intermediate central projection 15.

The right-hand bearing member 18 is similarly providedwith ends 16 and 14. The end 141 extends into a socket in the right-hand temple portion 12 of the dolls head.

The bearing members 18 and 18 are preferably made of bendable andresilient wire so that they can be readily applied and'removed from the head 10. 1 l d An inner eyelash member 25 which also has a rounded contour, is provided with top and bottom lugs 28 and with lateral ends 26. The legs of the V-shaped members 18 and 18 pass through openings in the said lateral lugs 26 and these ends of theconnecting members I i 18 and18 fit quite closely in the perforations in the said lateral lugs 2 p Hence, the inner members 25 are substantially held against lateral movement while the eyeball members 19 have a limited lateral movement due to their slots 22 and 2 1.

The eyeball members 19 and the inner or eyelash members 25 are caused to move vertically in unison by means of the vertical connecting members 27 which have ends 29 and 29 passing through closely fitting perforations in the lugs 20 and 28. These members 27 are also preferably made of bent and resilient wire. 1

Each eyelash member 25 has an eyelash support 38 connected thereto on the inner side thereof. Artificial eyelashes 39 are connected in any suitable manner to the eyelash supports 38 and these eyelashes 39; project through the slots 36 and through similar slots provided in the eyelash supports 38.-

Each artificial eyelash 39 fits so snugly within the recess or slot 36 of the outer eyedetected by the observer.

ball member 19 that this slot 36 is not readily Hence, the same effect or illusion is produced as though the artificial eyelashes 39 were connected to the out-sides of the respective eyeball members 19, but the manufacture and assembly of the artificial eye is very much facilitated and lessened I by the construction shown.

When the eyes of thedoll'are moved to the closing position by placing the dolls head in the horizontal position, the movable eyelashes are moved down to the bottoms of the openings 35. However, when the eyeball members 19 are moved laterally the inner eyelash portions 25 remains stationary so'that the eyelashes 89 continue to remain in the same lateral position and they project through the slots 37 and 36 respectively formed in the members 38 and 19.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is clear that numerous changes and omissions could be made without departing from its spirit.

I claim: I

1. In an eyeball device the combination or an outer eyeball member having a weight connected thereto, said outer eyeball member having a slot at the outer portion thereof, and an inner member having an eyelash connected thereto, said eyelash projecting through the said slot, said outer member and inner memher being connected to each otherby connecting means, said connecting means being adapted to permit a limited movement of the said outer member with'respect to the said inner member in a direction substantially parallel to the said eyelash.

2. In combination, a dolls head having an eyeball opening therein, an outer eyeball member adapted to fill said opening, said outer eyeball member having a lateral slot at the outer portion thereof and also having additional inwardly directed slots at the lateral ends thereof, a bearing member connectedlo the inner side of the head of the doll and ex tending through both of said inwardly direoted slots said outer member being movable on said bearing member so that said outer slotted ber also having vertically aligned perforations, a detachable bearing member having legs extending through the said inwardly directed slots and into the inner part of the dolls head, an inner eyeball member having an eyelash connected thereto which projects through. the lateral slot in said outer memher, said inner member having perforations through w iich the legs of the bearing member extend, said inner member having a pair of vertically aligned perforations through which a connecting member extends,said connecting member also extending through the'aligned perforations in the said outer member, said outer eyeball member and said inner eyeball member being movable on said bearing memoer.

l. In combination with a dolls head, a pair of eyeball members located in eyeball openings insaid head, the mount of each said eyeball member being adapted to permit the same to turn about two axes perpendicular 60 each other, so that each eyeball member can turn to the opening position and to the closed position, and can also roll laterally in the head, each said eyeball member having a depending arm having a weight attached thereto, and a lateral linlr connected to saidarms by connecting means which are adapted to permit either of said arms to move with respect to said link to enable the associated eyeball member't'o move to the closing position independently of the other eyeball member.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature.

Isaac a. Romans. 

